The good old days
I was looking at some old Time magazines and there was a wonderful advert for ASBESTOS "the material for a new generation"

There was a large photo of a man standing in front of a big mound of lovely fluffy asbestos, and joyfully throwing handfuls of this wonder material up in the air. Below there were diagrams of schools and furniture etc all made out of lovely lovely asbestos.

There ware also lots of adverts for Cigarettes. If I remember rightly Kensington’s aid digestion, and there was another that had been medically proven to ward off sore throats.

Although I stopped smoking 11 years ago, I still can’t shake my 20 a day asbestos habit.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:43, 9 replies)

Yup. Walking through London, it's always fun to see the old cigarette adverts painted on the walls
"Smoke Capstan - they're good for your throat!"

"Your doctor smokes Mayfairs. Be clever like your doctor. Smoke Mayfairs."
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:24, closed)

this reminds me of a Christmas cigarette advert in Viz
Benson and Hedges Santa Fags
Warning: May cause ruddying of the cheeks and jocular rotundity
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:26, closed)

I liked the ads in Billy The Fish before the artist sold out:
"Smoke tabs"

"Drink booze"

"Eat food"
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:33, closed)

"Shit in a bog"
"Sleep in a bed"
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 12:25, closed)

Old times
when my dad was young, if he finished his work early in chemistry class the teacher would give him a blob of mercury to play with, in his hands.
(Smale is stuffed, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:36, closed)

I'd love to do that.
I'd take the risk if I was given the chance.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:44, closed)

Break a thermometer
They aren't that strong.

My father used to tell of a temping job at a gasworks analytical lab (would be about 60 or so years ago). Apparently the whole place was swimming in mercury - they would sweep it off the desks and down the sink to get rid of the stuff! It was certainly something given to small children to amuse them at the time.

And asbestos is wonderful stuff. If only it didn't kill you quite so badly.
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 11:15, closed)

DDT
I remember an old photo of some american kids running cheeringly in the wake of a truck spreading DDT in a suburb.
(Robotnik, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 12:56, closed)

DDT is a brilliant insecticide.
No harm for the kids either, as long as they weren't planning on laying any eggs.
( Scrumper, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 14:33, closed)